2019 Peacemakers
Mar 3, 2019 1 Comment ›› orepaOREPA Coordinator Ralph Hutchison read the following dedication at the presentation of the 2019 Peacemaker Award celebration. Long before the creation of the #MeToo movement, the four women we honor …
Continue ReadingReport from the front gate: 19 years of Sunday vigils at Y-12
Nov 26, 2018 No Comments ›› orepaBill Clinton was impeached, and pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura became Governor of Minnesota. Michael Jordan retired from basketball, and the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joined NATO. The Euro was born, …
Continue ReadingWHAT ABOUT THE INF TREATY?
Oct 23, 2018 1 Comment ›› orepaTHE INF TREATY IN THE NEWS Why, suddenly, a shot-across-the-bow announcement from the President that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty? I say “suddenly” because …
Continue ReadingPresbyterian Church says No to Nuclear Weapons
Jun 21, 2018 1 Comment ›› orepaThe General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) the largest presbyterian ecclesiastical body in the United States, has approved an Overture calling on the US government to “begin immediately the …
Continue ReadingBomb Plant environmental analysis weak, vague, and inadequate
May 31, 2018 No Comments ›› orepaWhen OREPA and Nuclear Watch New Mexico filed a lawsuit in July 2017 challenging the government’s environmental analysis of the UPF bomb plant, the government official response was dismissive. Over …
Continue ReadingFootprints for Peace
